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District presents 2023-24 accountability snapshot; state designations pending
Summary
A district presentation reviewed 2023-24 accountability indicators under the Every Student Succeeds Act, including building performance levels, graduation rates and chronic absenteeism; the district said state designations (TSI/CSI) will be released at month end.
The North Syracuse Central School District presented its 2023-24 accountability results and told the Board it expects formal state designations for targeted or comprehensive support at the end of the month.
Donna Marie Norton delivered the report and framed accountability as the U.S. Department of Education and New York State Education Department requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act. She described the district’s core and weighted performance categories and said the district received a core performance level of 2 for elementary grades and a 3 for secondary grades for 2023–24.
Norton said the district’s graduation rate at the high school level generally “hovers around 90, 91%,” and that the district graduation rate is slightly lower because some students attend out-of-district programs and BOCES placements and may not finish in four years. She also said English-language-proficient subgroup performance improved from level 2 to level 3 in the most recent reporting period.
The presentation noted chronic absenteeism remains elevated compared with pre-pandemic levels across the state and in the district. Norton told the Board the state will provide official building designations — such as TSI (targeted support and improvement) or CSI (comprehensive support and improvement) — at the end of the month and that those designations are currently embargoed.
Norton provided building-level highlights in the presentation, noting, for example, that some elementary schools saw improvements in core or chronic-absence categories while others remain areas for focus. She emphasized the district’s internal process of looking at subgroups, standards-level strengths and weaknesses and taking those data back to faculty and building teams for targeted work.
Board members asked clarifying questions about dual-credit requirements, the use of AIMSweb and how the district communicates building-specific results. Norton and other staff said they have been visiting buildings and meeting with faculties to discuss results and next steps.
